Automation Engineer

Games Jobs - QA / Localisation - South East

This role will support our progress in automating game testing across our range of titles including DLC for existing releases and new projects in development.

You will report to the project leads to reflect progress in automating testing, alongside working with other development teams to produce new tools as well as improving existing ones.

Key Responsibilities

As an Automation Engineer, your responsibilities will include producing automation scripts and programs to cover game testing. This will allow testers within QA to increase testing coverage. You will also be required to monitor current script reliability and fix any outstanding bugs and problems.

You will be responsible for reporting in game bugs discovered by regularly run scripts. You will be working with our internal tools teams to produce improvements to existing programs including build procedures and production of other tools used by our teams.

You will be gathering feedback from the various QA project teams on how they utilize the scripts and identify areas where improvements or new scripts can be made. You will also review test plans and coverage to identify where improvements can be made.
You will spend time working with game development teams to improve in game features in order to increase automation capabilities and coverage.

Knowledge, Skills and Experience

Essential

Proficient in Lua scripting/programming or similar languages

Game testing automation experience

QA experience with a key interest in testing

Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to relay important information in the most suited format

Proficient time management and organisational skills, able to handle multiple tasks and meet set deadlines and priorities

Ability to follow set process and a pragmatic approach when investigating issues

Ability to effectively prioritise issues and new work and processes

Microsoft Office and Windows knowledge

Desirable

Power Bi, Jira and Perforce experience

C#, C++ and Python scripting experience

Working with AAA games and in the gaming industry

Software Development pipeline and process experience

Please note, we cannot sponsor a VISA for this position so applicants must have the Right to Work in the UK.

We offer a fully bespoke funded relocation package for you and your dependants and you’ll be supported through the process with our dedicated Relocation Specialist.

We also have an excellent range of benefits to support your work life balance, including:

Generous holiday allowance plus full studio closure over the Christmas and New Year period, as all UK Bank holidays

Annual discretionary studio bonus

Defined career development pathways and personalised training support so you can truly excel in your area of expertise

Support in Learning and Development; internal masterclasses, prestigious creative workshops to inspire and enthuse including internal programming conferences, on-site training with renowned specialists as well as global conference attendance

Amazing studio parties such as our CA Summer Festival, a Christmas Party for you and your partner plus a separate Children’s Christmas Party. We also have our wrap parties for all our releases

Free Japanese lessons, life drawing, creative writing and Pilates classes

A range of CA Social events including the annual sponsored Walking Challenge to 100Km, Couch to 5k in our beautiful local park, basketball, game and movie evenings, board game club, 5-a-side football, CA Choir, Sword fighting (yes, sword fighting) and loads more

We offer discounts with local businesses, including estate agents and local shops to support our local economy

We are Creative Assembly

We gather the greatest talent out there, coming together to craft authentic and detailed experiences of the highest quality.

We focus on our strengths and embrace our uniqueness, collaborating across teams and giving everyone the trust and respect to be masters of their craft.

Our values form the foundation of our culture and ethos:

Quality - Everything we do is about quality, from individual actions to final products, we take pride in the detail and authenticity of all our creations.

Focus - We focus on our strengths as a studio. Our teams might work across different projects, but our goals and vision should be clear for everyone.

Teamwork - We are a collective who thrive working across teams, empowering each other to succeed.

Respect - Respect at CA is given as a default, we respect each other as diverse and unique individuals, who come together to create games our fans will love.

Trust - Alongside respect, we trust each other, our teams and our leaders as experts of their craft. Everyone is given creative autonomy and freedom to make a real contribution to our projects and our legacy.